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The 1 Million Illegal Immigrant Encounters in Past 5 Months Is Equivalent to Population of Biden’s Delaware
More than 1 million migrants have been encountered at the southern border just since fiscal year 2023 began on Oct. 1. Fox News reported Saturday that Customs and Border Protection sources confirmed that migrants attempting to cross the border into the U.S. reached 1,008,217 as of Friday. “Of those, 87.8% were single adults,” Fox reported. “Just 328,454…Virginia Allen -
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2 Migrants Stoned to Death by Smugglers at Southern Border
Two migrants were reportedly stoned to death on the Mexican side of the southern border Saturday. According to Border Report, police in Tijuana, Mexico, say the migrants were preparing to illegally cross a border barrier into San Diego when smugglers repeatedly struck them in the head with rocks, killing them. A third migrant was shot and…Virginia Allen -
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Illegal Immigrants Are Now Using the Northern Border, Too
America’s southern border is not the only one experiencing a dramatic increase in the number of illegal migrants attempting to cross into the country. Customs and Border Protection reports record numbers of encounters with illegal migrants at America’s northern border with Canada. “While the southern border garners most of the attention, both of America’s borders…Virginia Allen -
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Supreme Court Cancels Arguments for Health Measure Limiting Illegal Immigration
The Supreme Court has removed arguments from its calendar for a highly anticipated case on Title 42, a COVID-19 public health measure allowing Border Patrol to quickly expel some illegal aliens. The case was going to be heard March 1. The Supreme Court announced Thursday that the case had been removed from its argument…Virginia Allen -
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Shocking Cost of the Illegal Immigration Crisis to Americans
As record numbers of illegal aliens continue to flood across our southern border, they are being dispersed into every congressional district in the country, making every state a border state. We’re told they’re merely coming to seek a better life. And while that’s true for many, why do open-borders advocates ignore the enormous toll on…Erin Dwinell -
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Indian Immigrant Who Was Booted From Education Board, Called ‘White Supremacist’ After Defending Constitution Shares Her Story
Suparna Dutta says she thought the exceptional nature of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence “was common sense,” but her recent experience with the Virginia Board of Education proved otherwise. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin appointed Dutta—a mother, engineer, and Indian immigrant—to the Virginia Board of Education in July. “I was thrilled and very honored to…Virginia Allen -
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Former Border Patrol Chief Opens Up About the Horrifying Power Cartels Wield Around the Rio Grande
Whether it’s a family or a single male, the drug cartels play a role in every illegal crossing into the U.S. at the southern border, former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott says. “They’re either directly paying the cartels or the cartels are controlling their movements for another benefit, meaning to systematically overwhelm Border Patrol, create…Virginia Allen -
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Fact Check: Karine Jean-Pierre Says Republicans Wanted to ‘Abruptly’ End Title 42 Border Policy
During a White House press briefing on Wednesday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Republicans had been the ones to push for an end to the Title 42 border policy, but the record demonstrates the opposite. A reporter asked Jean-Pierre whether the Biden administration would keep or lift Title 42, a public health measure used to easily…Virginia Allen -
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Why Blue State Politicians’ Tax Cartel Attempt Will Fail
Cartels are groups of organizations that collude with each other to drive up prices, crush competition, and ultimately extort huge amounts of money to redistribute to the cartel members. While the word is often associated with drugs, oil-producing countries, or anti-competitive business practices, politicians from nine blue states are attempting something new in the U.S.—a…Rachel Greszler -
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Mother Tells How Daughter Fell Victim to Trafficking After School Hid Her Gender Identity. New Bill Aims to Prevent Such Tragedy.
A subcommittee in the Virginia House of Delegates voted Monday to advance a bill requiring schoolteachers and school staff to notify parents about their children’s purported gender transitions, partially in response to the horrific sex-trafficking story of Sage, a girl whose high school hid her transgender identity from her mother. HB 2432, “Sage’s law,” requires…Tyler O’Neil -
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American History Crisis: Most High Schoolers Flunked US Citizenship Test. They’re Now Adults.
Americans’ lack of historical knowledge is crippling the nation, says Timothy Goeglein, a senior official with the Christian group Focus on the Family. In his new book “Toward a More Perfect Union: The Moral and Cultural Case for Teaching the Great American Story,” Goeglein discusses a survey conducted among public high school students that revealed…Virginia Allen -
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On Illegal Immigration, Mexico Isn’t Really America’s Amigo
Left-wing Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador recently praised a visiting President Joe Biden: “Just imagine: There are 40 million Mexicans in the United States. Forty million who were born here in Mexico, [or] who are the children of people who were born in Mexico.” Why wouldn’t Lopez Obrador be delighted? Since Biden took office…Victor Davis Hanson -
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A Legal Immigrant’s Lament: Biden’s ‘Parole’ Scheme Makes ‘Patsies’ of Those Who Abide by Law
One thing I have in common with journalist Andrew Sullivan is that we both chose to go through the lengthy process to become American citizens. As he recently told Washington Post reporter Nick Miroff, the current insanity at the border makes legal immigrants like us “look like patsies.” When a staunch liberal, a reporter from…Simon Hankinson -
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Forget Biden’s Border Photo-Op. Real Crisis Demonstrated by Democrat Governor Who Bused Illegal Immigrants Out of State.
As President Joe Biden briefly toured a small segment of the southern border Sunday and talked about why the illegal immigration crisis there is not really a crisis, and if it is then it isn’t his fault, other interesting developments highlight the depth of the problem. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, announced Saturday that…Jarrett Stepman -
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Biden Grew National Debt $3.67 Trillion in 2 Years, Yet Underfunded Border Protection
President Joe Biden, working with a Democrat-controlled Congress, increased the federal debt in 2022 by approximately $11,374 per every American worker. On Dec. 31, 2021, according to the U.S. Treasury, the federal debt was $29,617,214,856,051.75. By Dec. 30, 2022, it was $31,419,689,421,557.90. So, in calendar year 2022, the federal debt increased by $1,802,474,565,506.15. As of…Terence Jeffrey -
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President Biden Bashes Republicans While Unveiling New Immigration Plan
President Joe Biden criticized Republicans’ handling of the southern border as he announced plans Thursday to visit the border and address illegal immigration. “It’s clear that immigration is a political issue and extreme Republicans are always going to run on it,” Biden said Thursday. “But now they have a choice, they can keep using…Virginia Allen -
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‘It’s Really Like Poison,’ Former Drug Enforcement Agent Says of Fentanyl
Fentanyl is 50 times stronger than heroin. How strong is that? It’s so strong that it only takes 2 milligrams—the equivalent of four grains of salt—to kill you, according to a former federal drug enforcement agent. Put another way, he says, 1 gram of fentanyl could potentially kill 500 people. “We got to make sure…Samantha Aschieris -
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Arizona Gov. Ducey’s Makeshift Border Wall Comes Down, Leaving Gaps Amid Crisis
Former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s makeshift border wall is coming down. Workers with large machines are removing the shipping containers that make up the wall following a Biden administration lawsuit against the state of Arizona and Ducey. The suit argued that the governor’s makeshift barrier along sections of the border was illegal. “Officials from Reclamation…Virginia Allen -
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Federal Government Leaves Border Hospital With $20 Million Bill for ‘Free’ Health Care to Illegal Aliens
A hospital in Yuma, Arizona, is owed $20 million for medical services provided to illegal immigrants. “We’ve calculated that over a six-month period, from December 2021 to May 2022, we had $20 million in charges that we’re unable to bill anyone for, for services we provided to migrants alone,” Dr. Robert Trenschel, president and CEO of Yuma…Virginia Allen -
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6 Falsehoods From DHS’ Post-Title 42 Immigration Plan
A “tissue of lies” is defined by The Free Dictionary as “a number of false statements made to deliberately hide the truth.” Under this definition should be a copy of the Department of Homeland Security’s “Update on Southwest Border Security and Preparedness Ahead of Court-Ordered Lifting of Title 42.” In it, the Biden-Harris administration absolves…Simon Hankinson